Cash-carrier



(No Model.)

A. B. GUNZENDORFER. CASH CARRIER.

No. 486,250. Patented Nov. 15, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABE B. GUNZENDORFER, OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,250, dated November15, 1892.

Application filed May 25, 1892. Serial No. 434,330. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABE B. GUNZENDORFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monterey, Monterey county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Cash- Carriers; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of cashcarriersin which the car ispropelled from one end of the track to the other by means of a suddenforce applied at either end.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed outin the claims.

The objects of my invention are to provide simple and efiective meansfor receiving and locking the car at the end of the line, releasing andimmediately projecting it on its travel, regulating the power of thepropelling device, adjusting the track to any suitable inclination, andlocking and releasing the cashbox in its casing.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a view of my carrier. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section on the line a: no of Fig. 1.

A is a hanger suitably suspended and braced from the ceiling. To thelower portion of this hanger is connected the track-wire B, which issupposed to extend to and to beconnected with the hanger at the otherend of the line. The wire has a tnrnbuckleb let into it, wh ereby it maybe tightened when necessary. Upon the track B is mounted and adapted totravel the car 0, the frame of which has end stopplates 0. Extendinghorizontally from the lower end of hanger A is a tubular arm D, in whichis telescoped a sliding rod E, said rod being steadied, guided, andlimited in its movement by a cross-pin e, projecting through elongatedslots d in the tubular arm D. A spring F is seated within the arm D andbears against the rear end of the sliding rod E, whereby said rod isheld normally in a proj ected position. Upon the forward end of the rodE is secured a beveled catch e',and upon the end of car 0 is pivoted acorrespondingly-beveled latch 0', controlled bya spring 0 There is asimilar latch on the other end of the car for engagement with thedevices at the other end of the line. It will now be seen that when thecar reaches catch e its latch, meeting said catch,will rise over anddrop down behind it to its engagement, thus locking the car in position.Extending horizontally from bracket A, just above and parallel to arm D,is a second tubular arm G, in which is telescoped a slidingprojector-rod H, which is guided, steadied, and limited in its movementby a pin h, projecting through a slot g in arm G. AspringI is seated inarm G and bears on the inner end of rod H to protect it.

The forward end of the rod, which is provided.

latch is adapted to travel upon the cam and to be thereby released fromcatch e.

I. is the operating chain, cord, or wire. I prefer to use a chain. Itpasses up over a guide-pulley l on arm D, thence forwardly to a pulley ecarried by rod E at its forward end, and thence back again to a fixedconnection, here shown as on the bottom of plate J. The operation ofthese parts is as follows: When the car is projected from the other endof the line and reaches catch e, its latch c engages said catch, asheretofore described, and the car is locked. The car islimited andstopped in its movement by its end plate a coming against the end ofprojector-rod H,

which, yielding slightly, breaks the shock of the contact, and thebuffer-cushion deadens the noise. Now when the car is to be projectedagain the operator pulls down on chain L, which has the effect ofretracting rod E. The catch 6' of this rod being in engagement with thelatch c of the car, said car is thereby drawn back, and its stop-plate 0also forces back projector-rod H. Thus the springs of both rods arecompressed. This backward movement continues until latch 0' reaches andmoves up on the releasing-cam K. This lifts the latch from itsengagement with catch e',and thnsfreesthecar. Immediatelyspring I throwsprojector-rod I-I forward, which has the effect of propelling thecarforwardlyover the track. The spring F at the same time throws rod Eforward, and thus all the parts are returned to position. It willreadily be seen that by adjusting the releasingcam K forward or back thedegree of compression of spring I is regulated, and therefore theoperator can send the car over the line with such propelling force asmay be required. To relieve the shock and deaden the noise of thereturning-rods E and H there are small buffer-cushions M secured tocollars m on ends of the arms D and G, against which the cross-pins eand it come in contact. In order to incline the track 13, as may berequired by its course, I make a hinge-joint a near the lower end of thehanger A, and upon said hanger I mount a sliding sleeve a, adapted to befixed in position bya set-screw a This sleeve is connected with plate Jby a bracelink N, which is pivoted to both, as shown. By setting thesleeve up or down the link N will tilt arms D and G and track B byinclining the lower end of the hanger which turns about its hinge-jointa.

O is the hollow open-bottomed casing secured to car 0 and adapted toreceive from below the cash-box P. In order to provide an easyconnection between casing and receptacle, I make in the lower interiorsurface of the casing an annular groove 0. To the sides of box P aresecured spring-catches 19, adapted to engage said groove and to beforced from their engagement by projecting pushpieces 19. The receptaclecan be moved up into the casing and its catches spring to theirengagement at any point.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a car having a latch, ahangerhaving the tnbular arm D, a spring within said arm, a slidable rodhaving its inner end mounted within said arm and bearing against saidspring, a catch carried by the forward end of the slidable rod andadapted to engage with said latch, means for retracting said rod withits engaged car, aspring-controlled projector-rod with which the carcomes in contact, whereby said rod is forced back, and a releasingdevice to trip the car-latch and permit the projector-rod to throw thecar forward, substantially as herein described.

2. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a hanger, the parallelhorizontally-arranged tubular arms D and G, extending from its lowerend, a spring located within each of said tubular arms, the parallelslidable rods E and H in line with the outer ends of the arms and havingtheir inner ends entering said arms and bearing against said springs, abeveled catch on the outer end of one of said rods, a car having a pivotally-secured latch adapted to engage said catch, a stop-plate on the caradapted to contact with the outer end of the other or projector rod H,means for retracting the rod E and car and thereby retracting the rod H,and a releasing device in the path of the latch on the car for releasingthe same from contact with its catch and permitting the upper rod 11 toproject the car forward, substantially as herein described.

3. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the hanger, the tubular rodsprojecting horizontally from its lower end and having slotted sides, theretractor-rod E and projector-rod H in line with the outer ends of thearms D and G and having their inner ends mounted within said arms,springs in the arms bearing against the ends of the rods, pins on theinner ends of the rods working in the slotted sides of the arms to guideand steady the rods, a car having a stop-plate for engaging theprojector-rod and a spring-latch for engaging a catch on theretractor-rod, means for retracting the latter rod and car and therebyretracting the projector-rod, and a beveled releasing-cam in the path ofthe latch for releasing the same and permitting the projector-rod tothrow the car forward, substantially as herein described.

4. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the hanger and its tubulararms, the rods telescopically mounted in said arms, springs within thearms against which the rods bear, a car having a latch engaging a catchon one of said rods, and means for retracting the rods and car, of asleeve adjustably mounted on the hanger, a connecting and supportingplate J between the tubular arms, a link pivotally connected with saidplate and sleeve, and a threaded shank adjustably mounted in said platebetween the arm and having an inclined cam upon its outer end in thepath of the latch on the car for releasing the latch from its catch,substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ABE B. GUNZENDORFER.

Witnesses:

S. II. NOURSE, J. A. BAYLESS.

